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Ch. 1 Anthro.: Comparison & Context (Theoretical Premises …
Ch. 1 Anthro.: Comparison & Context
Its subject matter
how Different People can be
all possible
Cultural manifestations
Culture
what is
Acquired
def
Comparative
study
of
Cultural and Social
life
Culture
Acquired
,
Cognitive
and
Symbolic
aspects of existence
Society
Social Organization
, patterns of
Interactions
and
Power Relationships
Method
Participant Observation
Comparative
and
Empirical
Data Collection
method
Ethnographic Fieldwork
Theoretical Premises
(Methodological Rule-of-thumb)
Cultural Relativism
Understanding
cultures on
Their Premises
as they appear
From the Inside
Cultural Artifacts are to be Understood in their
Cultural and Social Context
Opposite of:
Ethnocentrism
Evaluating
a Culture
on the
Scale from Another culture
Holism
"the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts"
Cultures are
Integrated Wholes
/
Coherent Wholes
Everything Hangs Together
Everything is
Connected w Everything else
Everything
Influences
and
Is Influenced
by Everything
parts understood
in Context
and in
Relation witch Each Other
, and
to the Whole
Ecological perspective
Opposed to:
Reductionism
Cross-Cultural Comparison
there are
Similarities
but also
Differences
among different
Cultures